Serendipity v7.0 USB Dongle

Serendipity Blackmagic / Megarip / Veripress version 7.0+ now utilise a driverless dongle to run the software and provide users with access to licenses, input and output drivers, and features.

Existing users can continue to use existing Sentinel SuperPro dongles to run version 7.0+

Dongle Activation / Update

All new Serendipity products ship with an individually encoded USB dongle. The dongle requires activation using a unique encrypted code sent by email from Serendipity Software directly, or via your dealer on purchase of the software.

The activation code enables the software licenses, input and output drivers, and features available to your Serendipity product. The code is referred to as an Update String by the Dongle Updater in the software, or as a Dongle Reprogram String in the email.

Any new drivers or features (purchased separately), or subsequent software version upgrades also require a code to be entered as detailed below.

To Update a Serendipity Dongle

Plug the dongle into a USB port on the computer on which Blackmagic/Megarip/Veripress is installed.

Select the Server > Menu > Update Dongle option. This will stop the Server running and open the Dongle Updater application window

Copy and paste the entire update code (including the Begin and End lines) into Enter update string field. The code can also be imported directly from a text file using the Load for File button. Note incomplete or partial codes are not accepted by the updater.